March 8, 2018 - Washington, D.C.

Agenda

9:00 AM Eastern, 8:00 AM Central, 7:00 AM Mountain, 6:00 AM Pacific

LOCATION: Access Board Conference Room, 1331 F Street NW, Suite 800

CALL-IN NUMBER:  1-888-599-8667; Conference ID: 9890793; Conference Title: NCD Meeting; Host Name: Clyde Terry. 

CART : https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=NCD-QUARTERLY   

AGENDA (Eastern Time)

  9:00 –  9:20 AM Welcome and Introductions, Chairman Neil Romano

• ​Acceptance of Agenda 
• Roll Call of NCD Council Members 
• Approval of Minutes
• Chairman’s Report

  

  9:20 –   9:30 AM Executive Director’s Report, Lisa Grubb

  9:30 – 10:15 AM Progress Report Update and Discussion, Amy Nicholas

• David Hutt, National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)   

  

10:15 – 10:30 AM BREAK

10:30 – 11:30 AM Foreign Policy Release and Respondent Panel, Ana Torres-Davis

• Valerie Karr, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston at the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
• Anne Hayes, Independent Consultant 
• Stephanie Ortoleva, Founding President and Executive Director of Women Enabled International (WEI)
• Eric Rosenthal, JD, LL. D, Founder and Executive Director of Disability Rights International (DRI)

11:30 – 12:00 PM    Business Meeting

• Finance Report, Billy Altom and Lisa Grubb 
• Governance Report, Rabia Belt
• Policy Report, Joan Durocher 
• Legislative / Outreach Report, Anne Sommers 

12:00 – 12:15 PM Training on Council Member Time Reports, Stacey Brown and Lisa Grubb 

12:15 –   1:30 PM    LUNCH BREAK

1:30 –   2:00 PM    Recap of new policy project proposals from October 2017 board meeting

2:00 –  3:00 PM    Panel of Department of Justice Disability Rights Division representatives regarding rescinded ADA regulations and agency 

activities regarding service animals

• Anne Raish, Acting Chief, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice
• Christina Galindo-Walsh, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice

3:00 – 3:15 PM BREAK

3:15 – 3:45 PM Public comments (focused on recommendations for Council priorities based on the summary of policy projects earlier 

summarized)

3:45 – 5:00 PM Council discussion of the slate of projects it will move forward for funding opportunities and the internal work of staff, to begin in the remainder of FY18.

5:00 PM Adjourn